Legal Opinion
Spurlock v. Cosmair, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 23, 1987No. CA 86 0714PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
509 So.2d 826 (1987)
Willie Mae SPURLOCK
v.
COSMAIR, INC. and Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.
No. CA 86 0714.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
June 23, 1987.
Ben W. Lightfoot, Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, for appellant.
J. Lynn Ponder, Attorney at Law, Amite, Wilson M. Montero, Jr., Attorney at Law, Metairie, for appellees.
Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and LeBLANC, JJ.
LeBLANC, Judge.
This is a products liability case. The issue presented is whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitor can be applied to sustain plaintiff's burden of proving that the product in question was defective, i.e.,…
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- Thomas v. Gillette CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
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- Goodlow v. City of AlexandriaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
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